STS-76 Day 4 Highlights
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- On Monday, March 25, 1996, 7 a.m. CST, STS-76 MCC Status Report # 6
reports:
- Transfer and resupply activities on board the joined Atlantis/Mir
spacecraft continue on or ahead of schedule as the eight astronauts
and cosmonauts work smoothly through their timeline. Throughout the
night and early morning hours, the crews moved between the two
vehicles transferring water, logistical supplies and hardware.
Mission Specialist Linda Godwin also continued her work with the
European Space Agency Biorack which contains 11 separate scientific
investigations.
- Just before 2:30 a.m. central time today, Pilot Rick Searfoss narrated
a videotaped tour of the Mir complex which will be home to Shannon
Lucid and her Mir 21 crew mates -- Commander Yuri Onufrienko and Yuri
Usachev -- for the next few months. Godwin and Mission Specialist Ron
Sega then provided a video update of their work with the Biorack
investigations and showed some of the transfer items currently stowed
in the SPACEHAB module.
- Shortly after 8 a.m., Atlantis Commander Kevin Chilton, Onufrienko
and Lucid will talk with NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin in
Washington, D.C. Goldin is expected to congratulate the crew on the
successful docking of the two spacecraft. The Atlantis crew will
begin an eight-hour sleep period at 10:43 a.m. today, waking up at
6:43 p.m.
- On Monday, March 25, 1996, 5 p.m. CST, STS-76 MCC Status Report # 7
reports:
- Astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis were due to awaken at 6:43
p.m. CST to begin flight day five of the 76th shuttle mission.
- Coming up late Monday and early Tuesday are continued transfer of
water, supplies and experiment hardware to Mir and preparations
leading up to Wednesday mornings spacewalk. In the previous flight
day, transfer and resupply activities on board the joined Atlantis/Mir
spacecraft continued on or ahead of schedule as the eight astronauts
and cosmonauts worked smoothly through their timeline.
- Throughout the night and early morning hours, the crews moved
between the two vehicles transferring water, logistical supplies and
hardware. Mission Specialist Linda Godwin also continued her work
with the European Space Agency Biorack which contains 11 separate
scientific investigations.
- Just before 2:30 a.m. central time Monday, Pilot Rick Searfoss
narrated a videotaped tour of the Mir complex which will be home to
Shannon Lucid and her Mir 21 crew mates -- Commander Yuri Onufrienko
and Yuri Usachev -- for the next few months. Godwin and Mission
Specialist Ron Sega then provided a video update of their work with
the Biorack investigations and showed some of the transfer items
currently stowed in the SPACEHAB module.
- Shortly after 8 a.m., Atlantis Commander Kevin Chilton, Onufrienko
and Lucid talked with NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin in Washington,
D.C. Goldin congratulated the crew on the successful docking of the
two spacecraft.
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